Tag: UPS

UPS Is "Constructively Dissatisfied"

Posted by | May 15, 2002 | |

Only the ninth CEO at United Parcel Service in its 95-year history, Michael L. Eskew knows the business from top to bottom. He should, too: The 52-year-old veteran started in the engineering division way back in 1972.
Eskew replaced James Kelly, who started as a UPS driver in 1964, worked his way to the top, and retired on January 1, 2002. Kelly led the Atlanta-based outfit’s transformation from just delivering small packages to the world’s largest private distribution operation. UPS now offers a wide range of services in more than 200 countries.

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China Express Dispute to be Resolved on Wednesday

Posted by | May 14, 2002 | |

A regulatory dispute between international express delivery companies and China’s postal monopoly is expected to be resolved Wednesday, the Business Weekly reports, citing an unnamed source at the China International Freight Forwarders Association. Foreign and domestic express delivery companies have been negotiating with China Post over new regulations that require them to stop handling letters and packages weighing less than 500 grams, and register with the government body to continue their other businesses. Those rules are widely seen as an attempt to shield China Post’s own express delivery business, EMS, from competition by the likes of FedEx Corp. (FDX), United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), DHL Corp. (X.DHL) and TPG N.V. (TP), which now operate in China through local partners.

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UPS taps Manila freight carrier

Posted by | May 11, 2002 | |

United Parcel Service (UPS) says its agreement with Pacific East Asia Air Cargo Airlines (Peac) to fly between Hong Kong and the Philippines is only a temporary measure until UPS can get its own beyond rights from the SAR.
UPS signed the agreement with Peac, a sister company to Philippine Airlines under the control of controversial tycoon Lucio Tan, before opening its intra-Asia hub at the former Clark Air Base in Pampanga in April.
The agreement calls for the Philippine carrier to operate an Airbus Industrie A300 freighter for UPS six times a week, Monday to Saturday, between Clark and Hong Kong.

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MBE proposes alternative to post offices

Posted by | May 10, 2002 | |

Mail Boxes (MBE), a subsidiary of US delivery company United Parcel Service, aims to create a delivery, office and communications service network in Germany on a franchise basis through German subsidiary MBE Deutschland. It aims to grant franchises to more than 1,000 independent businessmen within 10 years. The US-based company’s outlets offer postal deliveries, fax and photocopying, among other services.

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China shelves postal curbs

Posted by | May 6, 2002 | |

Integrators have welcomed China Post’s postponement until 15 June of planned curbs on international express mail operations. A UPS spokesman said postponement was “a step in the right direction and shows the Chinese are willing to work with us”.

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